Ruth v. State

YOUNG, Judge.

Following a trial by jury, defendant-appellant George Herman Ruth was convicted of three counts of forgery and one count of theft. On appeal, Ruth raises the following issues for our review, restated as follows: 1

1) whether the court erred by granting paragraph one of the State’s Motion in Limine;

2) whether the court erred by admitting evidence seized from Ruth’s home;

3) whether preliminary instructions 8, 9, and 19 were proper; and

4) whether the court erred by reading final instructions 8, 9, 18 and 22 to the jury.

During the spring of 1981, the Chronicle-Tribune newspaper in…